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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Automation, Base Building, Building, Resource Management.

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Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 506 reviews
Released: 2025-04-22
Developer: Trickjump Games Ltd
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 9.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 70%

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  1. #1 Dyson Sphere Program
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

    Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Space 15.8%, Resource Management 7.5%, Sandbox 7.4%

  2. #2 Stationeers
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

    Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Space 11.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 9%

  3. #3 FOUNDRY
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

    Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Co-op 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 9.4%

  4. #4 Final Factory
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.

    Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Base Building 14%, Space 9.3%, Crafting 9%, Inventory Management 7.9%

  5. #5 Astro Colony
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 20.6%, Space 14.9%, Resource Management 9%, Crafting 7.9%

  6. #6 Captain of Industry
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Automation 38.5%, Base Building 23.4%, Resource Management 13.6%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 5.7%

  7. #7 StarRupture
    92% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 18.2%, Co-op 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%

  8. #8 Techtonica
    93% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    Why similar: Automation 26.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 8.3%, Management 7.5%

  9. #9 Eden Crafters
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Space 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%

  10. #10 Alchemy Factory
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

    Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Co-op 6.1%

  11. #11 Satisfactory
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Co-op 10.4%, Sandbox 8.4%

  12. #12 shapez 2
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 11.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

  13. #13 Desynced
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 1,825 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

    Why similar: Automation 21%, Base Building 13.9%, RTS 11.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 7.8%

  14. #14 The Crust
    88% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 17%, Space 13.9%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 8.4%

  15. #15 The Planet Crafter
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Space 12.5%, Co-op 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%

  16. #16 Final Upgrade
    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!

    Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Space 14.6%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 9%

  17. #17 Factory Town
    86% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 10.5%

  18. #18 Mindustry
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

    Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Base Building 21.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sandbox 7.8%, RTS 7.3%

  19. #19 Factorio
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    Why similar: Automation 33.5%, Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%

  20. #20 MineMogul
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

    Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 11.6%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%

  21. #21 InfraSpace
    83% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Space 14%, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.1%

  22. #22 Automation Empire
    84% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 8.5%, Resource Management 8%

  23. #23 The Last Starship
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

    Why similar: Automation 19.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Space 16%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 8.2%

  24. #24 Per Aspera
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

    Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Space 10.7%, Management 9.5%

  25. #25 Astrometica
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.

    Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Space 16.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Inventory Management 10.3%

  26. #26 Outpost: Infinity Siege
    80% matchMixed66% of 13,528 reviews2024
    Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
    Windows
    Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

    Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Base Building 17.7%, RTS 13.4%, Co-op 11.8%, Crafting 9.6%

  27. #27 Skyformer
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: Weatherfused
    Windows

    Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!

    Why similar: Automation 26%, Base Building 16.6%, Space 11.9%, Crafting 10.9%, PvE 6.7%

  28. #28 Space Architect
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Management 10.8%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%

  29. #29 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
    78% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
    Dev: Walternate Realities
    Windows
    Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

    Why similar: Space 34.2%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10%

  30. #30 Good Company
    79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!

    Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Base Building 14.4%, Co-op 9.9%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%

  31. #31 ASTRONEER
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Space 20.4%, Base Building 18.5%, Automation 14.5%, Co-op 12.4%, Sandbox 11.1%

  32. #32 Dawn Apart
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
    Windows

    Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

    Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Space 12.4%, Strategy 4.9%

  33. #33 Occupy Mars: The Game
    75% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Space 15.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Co-op 11.3%

  34. #34 Starground
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
    Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows · Linux

    Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!

    Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Base Building 14%, Space 10.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Co-op 9.4%

  35. #35 Star Birds
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,628 reviews2025
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!

    Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Space 12.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%

  36. #36 TerraTech Worlds
    75% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
    Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

    Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Automation 19.6%, Co-op 13.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 12.6%

  37. #37 Space Haven
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.9%, Space 17.9%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Resource Management 10.7%

  38. #38 Exogate Initiative
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
    Dev: Xeno Bits
    Windows

    Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, RTS 14.2%, Space 12.2%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 11.2%

  39. #39 Tower Factory
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 17.3%, RTS 15.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 9%

  40. #40 orbit.industries
    76% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
    Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
    Windows · Linux

    🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!

    Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Space 22.2%, Management 11.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Resource Management 9.6%

  41. #41 Nova Lands
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    Why similar: Automation 34.7%, Base Building 21.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 9.9%

  42. #42 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 31.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Management 10.4%, Inventory Management 10.3%, Simulation 8.2%

  43. #43 Incremental Factory
    73% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

    Why similar: Automation 34.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 11.3%

  44. #44 Microtopia
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 10%, Management 9.2%

  45. #45 Outpath
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 9.2%

  46. #46 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

    Why similar: Automation 20.7%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 8.4%, Space 7.8%

  47. #47 Stardeus
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Space 17.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Resource Management 10.4%

  48. #48 Lightyear Frontier
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
    Dev: FRAME BREAK
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 14.9%, Co-op 12.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 11.4%

  49. #49 Industries of Titan
    72% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Space 20.3%, Resource Management 16.6%, Futuristic 11.2%, Simulation 9.3%

  50. #50 Astronomics
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: Numizmatic
    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.

    Why similar: Space 39.7%, Top-Down 16%, Sandbox 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Automation 6.8%

  51. #51 Space Trash Scavenger
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
    Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Space 17.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 11.8%

  52. #52 Vectorio
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 388 reviews2023
    Dev: BN Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build. Automate. Defend.

    Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 10%, Resource Management 9.3%

  53. #53 Plan B: Terraform
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 9.5%

  54. #54 Facteroids
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

    Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Base Building 19%, Sandbox 11.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Space 10.1%

  55. #55 Industrial Annihilation
    69% matchMostly Negative33% of 410 reviews2024
    Dev: Galactic Annihilation
    Windows

    The next major game in the Planetary Annihilation universe, Industrial Annihilation combines the iconic real-time strategy of the beloved Annihilation games with deep factory-building to deliver a blend of genres unlike any you’ve experienced before.

    Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 9.8%, Futuristic 9.6%

  56. #56 Orebound
    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
    Dev: Emberforge
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?

    Why similar: Automation 27.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Co-op 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%

  57. #57 MegaFactory Titan
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
    Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!

    Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Base Building 18%, Space 12.6%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%

  58. #58 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
    64% matchVery Positive84% of 2,178 reviews2025
    Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 16%, RTS 13.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Sandbox 10%

  59. #59 X4: Foundations
    66% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
    Dev: Egosoft
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

    Why similar: Space 30%, Sandbox 24.1%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%

  60. #60 Builderment
    67% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2023
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!

    Why similar: Automation 32.2%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Resource Management 10.1%

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